Made the Grade – September 2017

In this picture book, for grades K-3, a child watches a long, meandering ri…

Three emancipated foster siblings, Ava and Matt, the geniuses, and Jack, wh…

Young Sami and his family flee their war-torn home, leaving his beloved pig…

This humourous and creative picture book brings to life one possibility of …

Marvin the beetle’s best friend James—a boy—goes on vacation and Marvin not…

When the noisy town of La Paz elects a new mayor that bans singing because …

Set in a Cape Breton mining town in the 1950s, this picture book tells of o…

This picture book, written in rhyme, demonstrates the possible creations th…

This Canadian magazine-style resource has a number of illustrated short art…

This Canadian video follows the building a birch bark canoe from selecting …

This engaging, illustrated, and easy to use resource discusses the wild foo…

The Drum Story is a traditional Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tale of a young girl who…

This suspenseful Canadian novel centres on the mysterious death of Laura Cu…

Quinn, a white student, witnesses a white police officer savagely beat unar…

Apple, a 12 year old Filipina girl who moved to the U.S. with her mother af…

When twelve year old Emily and her family settle in San Francisco, home to …

This memoir recounts the events of a month when the author’s life was turne…

This award-winning novel for grade 4-7 students follows the friendship betw…

This novel, for grades 9-12, is an engaging and suspenseful story about fiv…

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean lives in a small town with her former b…

This WWII novel focuses on Mary, who volunteers for the war effort, is insu…

Seventeen-year-old Maddie suffers from an immunodeficiency disease which tr…

Fifth-grader Rufus desperately wants a dog but his father is clear that the…

Virgil, a shy middle-school student, is on his way to visit his friend Kaor…

This fast-paced adventure for grades 4-8 is about 8 young survivors of a pl…

In this engaging novel, four siblings live on their own in a car on a tropi…

When a squirrel sees a friend escape a hawk’s grasp and land in unfamiliar …

Set in New Orleans in the 1950s, this novel tells the story of Jo, the daug…

During WWII, Tomi’s father, a Japanese-American, is falsely accused of spyi…

Sixteen year old Simon has recently come to terms with being gay, but hasn’…

This award-winning novel, for grades 9-12, takes place after aliens have al…

When Ezra, high school athlete and class president, is hit by a hit-and-run…

The harsh life of the inhabitants in an immigration detention centre in Aus…

Two brothers and their wives meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons’…

This adventure novel for grades 8-12 blends fantasy, history, and a modern …

In this modern fairy tale, mystery, magic, and self-discovery are woven thr…

Matthew, a 12 year-old boy with OCD, spends his days in one room of his hou…

This novel, for grades 9-12, focuses on a group of “normal” teenagers, not …

This coming of age novel for grade 11-12 students follows three misfit best…

Cora, a slave in Georgia, is desperate for a life outside of servitude, and…

Roz—a robot—is stranded on a remote island and soon realizes that her only …

Science-loving Waylon dreams of how his world could be made better through …

Beautiful and popular Ashley’s life is turned upside down when her father r…

Teenager May, while walking in the city, finds keepsakes related to the spi…

Zoe is an average teenager until her life suddenly changes when she falls f…

Zafir moves with his family from Dubai to war-torn Syria, and struggles to …